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to say that hencefoi'th it will be used 

 largely as a source of experience in 

 practical horticultui'e, for the benefit 

 of the readers of the Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist. 



The magnificent Pocklington grapes 

 on Mr. E. J. Woolverton's fruit farm, 

 were much admired. Grown on a x'ich 

 sandy loam, well di'ained, they ripen 

 heie to perfection, about a week later 

 than the Niagara. His beautiful or- 

 chard of dwarf pears, chiefly Duchess, 

 with some trees beai'ing superb looking 

 B. de Beaufort, was also much admired. 

 As with the rest of us at Grimsby, his 

 large peach orchard has been sadly 

 thinned out by the yellows, the pres- 

 ence of which disease he still deplores. 



At Mr. Murray Pettit's vineyard, 

 near Winona, the whole party alighted, 

 and were refreshed at his packing house 

 with a taste of his pure home-made 

 grape wine, which was not the less 

 ap])reciated, after being half choked 

 with clouds of dust upon the way. This 

 vineyard is one of the largest in this 

 section, and is situated close under the 

 mountain, where it is sheltered from 

 early frosts, and where the soil is a 

 rich sandy loam, gathered during past 

 centuries by the washings from the 

 mountain side. Although the Dela- 

 ware has alw^ays received special atten- 

 tion frd'fn Mr. Pettit, L|^tfitas some sixty 

 or seventy other varieties under cul- 

 tivation, with a view of testing their 

 merits. With many others, however, 

 he has come to the conclusion that the 

 number of varieties which are really 

 worthy of a place in a vineyard which 

 is i)lanted for market, are very few, 



as for instance (white) Niagara, (black) 

 Concord,and Rogers' 4 and44,(red)Lin- 

 dley, Worden, Delaware and Agawam. 



Returning along the mountain brow, 

 Mr. A. G. Muir's vineyard of Niagara 

 grapes was much admired. His suc- 

 cess proves that not all the most favor- 

 able locations for vineyards are to be 

 found below the mountain, as many 

 would afiirm. 



The drive east of the village two 

 miles to the Park, was also full of 

 interest. Fine houses, and well kept 

 gardens, line the road, and betray the 

 good taste of their occupants. The 

 Park, too, is growing in attractiveness ; 

 how could it be otherwise, situated as 

 it is on the bank of such a beautiful 

 lake, and in such a delightful section 

 of country, 



THE PUBLIC MEETING 



of Wednesday evening was a grand 

 success. The Town Hall was packed. 

 The address of Mr. A. McD. Allan 

 was full of special interest to fruit 

 growers ; while that of Prof. Brown, 

 on "Trees and our Every-day Life," 

 clearly showed the gi'eat importance 

 of forests to the prosperity of any 

 country. 



The music, contributed b\' Miss 

 Katie Nelles and others, of Grimsby, 

 was excellent, and added very much 

 to the enjoyment of the evening's pro- 

 gramme. 



The full text of the President's ad- 

 dress will appear in our next Annual 

 Report, together with a report of the 

 iniportant discussions of Thui-sday, 

 taken down verbatim by an able ste- 

 nographer. Suflice it therefore to say 



